They brought back journals filled with details about Native American tribes and scientific notes about plants and animals theyd never seen before.

What type of boats did lewis and clark use. What did William Clark do after the exploration. Lewis and Clarks team mapped uncharted land rivers and mountains. The French-speaking boatmen may have carried trade guns a common type of musket.

The pirogue was an important boat for Lewis Clark. Most of these keelboats were 50 to 80 feet 15 to 24 m long and 15 feet 5 m wide. Research shows they were most likely from 38 feet to 42 feet in length and flat-bottomed for navigation in shallow rivers Enos said.

In December they established a cantonment. Had the Mandan and Hidatsa ever seen an African-American before. OPEN WITH MASK.

In July 1803 Lewis chose William Clark younger brother of Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark as his co-leader. The process of moving a keelboat upriver was extremely difficult though current dependent. Had the Mandan and Hidatsa ever seen an African-American before.

How was translation performed between the Expedition and Hidatsa. They also brought back storiestales that made other Americans dream about heading west. When the traders of Hudsons Bay Company first visited the Mandan Indians in 1790 they found that tribe possessed tublike boats with framework of willow poles covered with raw.

They had a 55-foot long keelboat which was used to carry the expedition members. What kind of boats did the Expedition use. During their 1804 expedition the explorers had two pirogue type of boats a white and a red one.